Using an anti-deficit approach, Black Men in the Academy explores narratives of resiliency, success, and achievement for black men in the academy. This book is an important text for scholars interested in promoting success in education for underrepresented minorities.

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"This important text moves us beyond bad news about black men in higher education. The editors generously offer rich insights into their lives and trajectories toward success. This book speaks powerfully to a nation that has long failed to acknowledge black men's brilliance. It is a refreshing, inspiring read." - Shaun R. Harper, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA

"Black Men in the Academy presents compelling narratives of black males from all around the country. Throughout the volume, the contributors highlight salient educational, social, economic, and familial obstacles that they had to overcome to achieve success. This volume, in my opinion, is an important contribution to the scholarly literature on black males. It offers a realistic but contemporary glimpse of what black males often endure to achieve success in American society." - James L. Moore III, EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and Executive Director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male, The Ohio State University, USA

"As a complement to the body of writing that supports the anti-deficit perspective on African-American males' educational success, this book provides strong evidence of the good that can result from positive influences. These inspiring stories describe the determination, spirit, and occasional good luck of seventeen individuals sometimes with, sometimes without, the positive support of their parents, teachers, community leaders, academic administrators, and church members. Combined with empirical research and outcomes from successful programs, these stirring narratives provide the 'third leg of the stool' demonstrating black male postsecondary success and should be required reading for every black man in college." Michael J. Cuyjet, Professor Emeritus, University of Louisville, USA

About the authors

T. Elon Dancy II, The University of Oklahoma, USA. Terence Hicks, East Tennessee State University, USA. Christopher C. Jett, University of West Georgia, USA. Willis A. Jones, University of Kentucky, USA. John Michael Lee, Jr., North Star Educational Consulting Eric Love, University of Notre Dame, USA. Ferlin McGaskey, Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center Christopher Newman, The University of San Diego, USA. Keon M. McGuire, Arizona State University, USA. Don C. Sawyer III, Quinnipiac University in Hamden, USA. J.T. Snipes, Indiana University, USA. Jameel Alexander Scott, Lucille Education Solution Consulting, LLC Michael Steven Williams, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA.

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Book Title: Black Men in the Academy
Book Subtitle: Narratives of Resiliency, Achievement, and Success
Editors: Brian L. McGowan, Robert T. Palmer, J. Luke Wood, David F. Hibbler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137567284
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56726-0Published: 03 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56728-4Published: 26 January 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 234
Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, Higher Education, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Educational Policy and Politics

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